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Directed by Bejoy Nambiar and written by Abhijat Joshi and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Wazir features Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar in the lead roles. The film tells the story of two unusual friends-a paralysed chess grandmaster and a grief stricken ATS officer-brought together by a peculiar twist of fate as part of a wider conspiracy that has cast a dark shadow over their lives. The movie also features Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manav Kaul , John Abraham and Aditi Rao Hydari. Iaid that the title title of the film had gone through several changes, including Fifth Move, 64 Squares and Chess being some of them. Writer Abhijat Joshi and Vidhu Vinod Chopra had written the scrip of the movie English. It was supposed to be Chopra's first Hollywood film, with Dustin Hoffman playing the protagonist. In 2005, their producer Robert Newmyer suddenly passed away.The script of Wazir took five years to complete.

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